I spy with my QE - 3.2 - research

Question 1

Lebeau et al. (2016)

Answer 1

differences between experts and novices’ QE period

differences between successful and unsuccessful athletes’ QE period

Question 2

Smeeton et al. (2012)

Answer 2

Generalised vision testing is useful in screening for deficits in visual functioning. Such tests should be conducted by qualified practitioners (e.g., optometrists, ophthalmologists).

While GVT may improve an athlete’s performance on a general test of visual function, there is no peer-reviewed evidence to support the transfer of this improvement to sports performance.

SVT has been shown to have performance advantages when compared to control and placebo groups across a range of sports. These advantages appear to be task-specific.

When considering evidence for any vision training intervention, it is important to gauge whether good practice has been followed. Have placebo and control groups been used and has transfer of performance to
the competitive situation been measured? Correlational and anecdotal accounts should be interpreted with caution

Question 3

Vine et al. (2012)

Answer 3

How we learn and refine motor skills in the most effective manner and how we prevent performance breakdown in pressurised or demanding circumstances are among the most important questions within the sport psychology and skill acquisition literature. The quiet eye (QE) has emerged as a characteristic of highly skilled perceptual and motor performance in visually guided motor tasks. Defined as the final fixation that occurs prior to a critical movement, over 70 articles have been published in the last 15 years probing the role that the QE plays in underpinning skilled performance. The aim of this review is to integrate research findings from studies examining the QE as a measure of visuomotor control in the specific domain of targeting skills; motor skills requiring an object to be propelled to a distant target. Previous reviews have focused primarily on the differences in QE between highly skilled performers and their less skilled counterparts. The current review aims to discuss contemporary findings relating to 1. The benefits of QE training for the acquisition and refinement of targeting skills; 2. The effects of anxiety upon the QE and subsequent targeting skill performance and 3. The benefits of QE training in supporting resilient performance under elevated anxiety. Finally, potential processes through which QE training proffers this advantage, including improved attentional control, response programming and external focus, will be discussed and directions for future research proposed.

Question 4

Moore et al. (2014)

Answer 4

Qe intervention group had better performance and standards in rifle shooting

Question 5

Wilson et al. (2010)

Answer 5

surgery training

switching/target-locking conditions

experienced had better focus on target-locking conditions - longer fixations